On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 06:00:42PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Hi, > > based on some discussion on IRC I want to propose install > profiles. > > Recommends: foo <bar> > Suggests: foo <bar> > > The syntax is the same as for build profiles, and it is > allowed in Recommends and Suggests fields only (maybe > Enhances?). Alternative backwards compatible approach: Packages declare Profiles: they are part of and then either * apt ignores Recommends for disabled profiles * apt installs Suggests for enabled profiles It's not clear to me basically what's more powerful, declaring profiles on relationships, or the packages. -- debian developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev ubuntu core developer i speak de, en
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